• Song:

    Take the Money and Run

  • Artist:

    Steve Miller Band

  • Album:

    Fly Like an Eagle: 30th...

Transcribed by Me

I play this one acoustic, and it's dead on.
The verses sound really good as open chords
fast-ish strumming - get the rhythm yourself
G5            F5                           C5
This heres a story about billy joe and bobbie sue
G5               F5                C5
Two young lovers with nothin better to do
G5                           F5                 C5
Than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube
G5                       F5                              
 E5
And here is what happened when they decided to cut loose
G5                           F5            C5
They headed down to, ooh, old el paso
G5                       F5                C5
Thats where they ran into a great big hassle
G5           F5                       C5
Billy joe shot a man while robbing his castle
G5               F5                              C5            E5 - F5 - F#5 - G5
Bobbie sue took the money and run

Chorus - Sounds good as powerchords, although you can play open chords over the lyrics 
it'll still sound pretty good.
( G5 )      F5                            C5                  E5 - F5 - F#5 - G5
Go on take the money and run
G5        F5                             C5                  E5 - F5 - F#5 - G5
Go on take the money and run
G5        F5                             
 E5 - F5
Go on take the money and run
G5        F5                             C5
Go on take the money and run

~~~~As you can tell, it's pretty much the same chord progression, so I've just thrown in 
couple of the transition-type thingers


Billy mack is a detective down in texas
You know he knows just exactly what the facts is
He aint gonna let those two escape justice
He makes his livin off of the peoples taxes        C5-E5  E5-F5
Bobbie sue, whoa, whoa, she slipped away
Billy joe caught up to her the very next day
They got the money, hey
You know they got away                  E5 - F5 - F#5 - G5
They headed down south and theyre still running today   C5-E5  E5-F5
                                                 (Singin)
Go on take the money and run      (Alternate between the two riffs)
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
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